List of United States National Republican and Whig Party presidential tickets
This is a list of the candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States of the defunct National Democratic/Whig Party of the United States, which changed its name during the 1830s.
(1828 to 1860)
As the National Republican Party
| Presidential Nominee |
1828 (lost) | Vice Presidential Nominee | |
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John Quincy Adams (President 1825-1829) State: Massachusetts Born: July 11, 1767 Died: February 23, 1848 |
Richard Rush State: Pennsylvania Born: August 29, 1780 Died: July 30, 1859 |
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| Opponent Andrew Jackson (D-TN) |
1828 United States presidential election Popular vote: Jackson/Calhoun 642,553 (55.9%) - Adams/Rush 500,897 (43.7%) Electoral vote: Jackson/Calhoun 178 - Adams/Rush 83 |
Opponent John C. Calhoun (D-SC) | |
| Presidential Nominee |
1832 (lost) | Vice Presidential Nominee | |
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Henry Clay State: Kentucky Born: April 12, 1777 Died: June 29, 1852 |
John Sergeant State: Pennsylvania Born: December 5, 1779 Died: November 23, 1852 |
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| Opponent Andrew Jackson (D-TN) William Wirt (Anti-Masonic-MD) |
1832 United States presidential election Popular vote: Jackson/Van Buren 701,780 (54.7%) - Clay/Sargent 484,205 (36.9%) - Wirt/Ellmaker 100,715 (7.8%) Electoral vote: Jackson/Van Buren 219 - Clay/Sargent 49 - Wirt/Ellmaker 7 |
Opponent Martin Van Buren (D-NY) Amos Ellmaker (Anti-Masonic-PA) | |
As the Whig Party
| Presidential Nominees |
1836 (lost) | Vice Presidential Nominees | |
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| In a desperate effort to reorganize, the National Democrats changed their name to the Whigs and nominated three regional candidates, this was an abject failure. | |||
| William H. Harrison (W-OH) Hugh Lawson White (W-TN) Daniel Webster (W-MA) |
1836 United States presidential election Popular vote: Van Buren/Johnson 764,176 (50.8%) - Harrison/Granger 550,816 (36.6%) - White/Tyler 146,109 (9.7%) - Webster/Granger 41,201 (2.7%) Electoral vote: President:Van Buren 170 - Harrison 73 - White 26 - Webster 14 Vice President: Johnson 147-Granger 77- Tyler 47- Smith 23 |
Francis Granger (W-NY) John Tyler (W-VA) | |
| Presidential Nominee |
1840 (won) | Vice Presidential Nominee | |
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William H. Harrison (President 1841) State:Ohio Born:February 9, 1773 Died April 4, 1841 |
John Tyler (Vice-President 1841) State: Virginia Born: March 29, 1790 Died: January 18, 1862 |
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| Opponent Martin Van Buren (D-NY) |
1840 United States presidential election Popular vote: Van Buren 1,128,854 (46.8%) - Harrison/Tyler 1,275,390 (52.9%) Electoral vote: Van Buren/Johnson 60 Harrison/Tyler 234 |
Opponent Richard M. Johnson (D-KY) | |
1844
| Presidential Nominee |
1844 (lost) | Vice Presidential Nominee | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Henry Clay State: Kentucky Born:April 12, 1777 Died: June 29, 1852 |
Theodore Frelinghuysen State: New Jersey Born: March 28, 1787 Died: April 12, 1862 |
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| Opponent James K. Polk (D-TN) |
1844 United States presidential election Popular vote: Polk/Dallas 1,339,494 (49.5%) - Clay/Frelinghuysen 1,300,004 (49.1%) Electoral vote: Polk/Dallas 170 - Clay/Frelinghuysen 105 |
Opponent George Dallas (D-PA) | |
1848
| Presidential Nominee |
1848 (won) | Vice Presidential Nominee | |
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Zachary Taylor (President 1849-50) State: Louisiana Born:November 24, 1784 Died July 9, 1850 |
Millard Filmore (Vice-President 1849-50) State: New York Born January 7, 1800 Died:March 8, 1874 |
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| Opponent Lewis Cass (D-MI) Martin Van Buren (F-NY) |
1848 United States presidential election Popular vote: Cass/Butler 1,223,460 (42.5%) Taylor/Fillmore 1,361,393 (47.1%) - Van Buren/Adams 291,501 (10.1%) Electoral vote: Cass/Butler Taylor/Fillmore - Van Buren/Adams |
Opponents William O. Butler (D-KY) Charles Francis Adams (F-MA) | |
1852
| Presidential Nominee |
1852 (lost) | Vice Presidential Nominee | |
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Winfield Scott State: New Jersey Born:June 13, 1786 Died: May 29, 1866 |
William A.Graham State: North Carolina Born: September 5, 1804 Died: August 11, 1875 |
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| Opponent Franklin Pierce (D-NH) John P. Hale (F-NH) |
1852 United States presidential election Popular vote: Pierce/King 1,607,510 (50.8%) - Scott/Graham 1,386,942 (43.9%) - Hale/Julian 155,210 (4.9%) Electoral vote: Pierce/King 254 - Scott/Graham 42 |
Opponent William R. King (D-AL) George Washington Julian (F-IN) | |
1856
The collapse of the Whigs after 1852 left political chaos. Even though the party disintegrated, it continued to win some elections under its own banner, as the "Opposition Party", or as the American Party. The American, or "Know-Nothing" Party, formed from various prohibitionist and nativist movements, based originally on the secret Know-Nothing lodges. It was a moralistic party that appealed to the middle class fear of corruption, which it identified with Catholics, especially the recent Irish immigrants who seemed to bring crime, corruption, poverty and bossism as soon as they arrived. Remnants of the Whig party met once more in convention in 1856, and nominated the Know Nothing's nominees in order to provide a "centerist" pro-slavery alternative to James Buchanan.
| Presidential Nominee |
1856 (in colalition with the American party-lost) | Vice Presidential Nominee | |
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Millard Fillmore State: New York Born January 7, 1800 Died:March 8, 1874 Career: President (1850-1853) Vice President (1849-1850) U.S. House of Representatives (1833-1835, 1837-1843) |
Andrew J. Donelson State: Tennessee Born: August 25, 1799 Died: June 26, 1871 |
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| Opponents James Buchanan (D-PA) John C. Fremont (R-CA) |
1856 United States presidential election Popular vote: Buchanan/Breckinridge 1,836,072 (45.3%) - Frémont/Dayton 1,342,345 (33.1%) - Fillmore/Donelson 873,053 (21.5%) Electoral vote: Buchanan/Breckinridge 174 - Frémont/Dayton 114 - Fillmore/Donelson 8 |
Opponents John C. Breckenridge (D-KY) William L. Dayton (R-NJ) | |
As the Constitutional Union party
The Republican Party was more driven, in terms of ideology and talent; it surpassed the hapless Whig/American Party coalition in 1856. By 1858 the Republicans controlled majorities in every Northern state, and hence controlled the electoral votes for president in 1860.[1] The tattered remnants of the Coalition's southern wing, under the name, "Constitutional Union Party", ran a ticket in order to prevent secession. The Northern wing had already joined the Republicans.
| Presidential Nominee |
1860 (lost) | Vice Presidential Nominee | |
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| File:JohnBell.png | John Bell State: Tennessee Born: February 18, 1796 Died: September 10, 1869 |
Edward Everett State: Massachusetts Born: April 11, 1794 Died: January 15, 1865 |
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| Opponents Abraham Lincoln (R-IL) Stephen A. Douglas (D-IL) John C. Breckinridge (SD-KY) |
1860 United States presidential election Popular vote: Douglas/Johnson 1,380,202 (29.5%) - Lincoln/Hamlin 1,865,908 (39.7%) - Breckinridge/Lane 848,019 (18.2%) - Bell/Everett 590,901 (12.7%) Electoral vote: Douglas/Johnson 12 - Lincoln/Hamlin 180 - Breckinridge/Lane 72 - Bell/Everett 39 |
Opponents Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME) Herschel V. Johnson (D-GA) Joseph Lane (SD-OR) | |
See also
- List of Whig National Conventions
- History of the United States Whig Party
- Opposition Party (United States)
- List of United States Democratic Party presidential tickets
- List of United States Republican Party presidential tickets
- List of United States Progressive Party presidential tickets
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References
- ^ Gienap (1987); Holt (1978)